Crude prices have surged 3 percent overnight. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Virendra Chauhan, Oil Analyst at Energy Aspects shared his reading and outlook on the same.
Virendra Chauhan, Oil Analyst at Energy Aspects also warns that prices may also see a downtrend if key countries don't cut output. He is worried by Iraq's constant production rise and he fears that Iran along with Iraq may fail to comply with the production cut.
Late last year, OPEC and major non-OPEC countries announced join production cuts of around 1.8 million barrels a day starting this year, a move that many are upbeat about.
Virendra Chauhan, Oil Analyst, Energy Aspects believes if the deal is struck then there could be an initial knee-jerk reaction and crude prices would rise by even USD 10 per barrel but if there is no deal then it could signal a death of OPEC in many ways and oil would sell off.
Brent crude to trade in the range of USD 50-60 per barrel on back of uncertainty surrounding what OPEC will do in the next meet scheduled on November 30, said Virendra Chauhan, Oil Analyst, Energy Aspects.
Demand for crude has been healthy this year and is expected to be good over the next year too, but supply-side challenges might continue, says Virendra Chauhan, Oil Analyst at Energy Aspects.
Virendra Chauhan, Oil Analyst, Energy Aspects expects no decline in crude oil prices after the June 2 OPEC meeting. He expects no change in prices after the meeting.
Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Virendra Chauhan of Energy Aspects said that he expects Brent to trade around USD 34 per barrel for the first quarter of this year and prices to gradually increase over the next 3-6 months.
Watch the interview of Virendra Chauhan, Oil Analyst, Energy Aspects with Surabhi Upadhyay on CNBC-TV18, in which he shared his reading and outlook on commodity markets and specific commodities.